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Sagarika
Sagarika in 2013
Born	Sagarika Mukherjee Guwahati, Assam, India
Other names	Saag (Nickname) Sagarika Mukherjee Da Costa Sagarika Da Costa
Alma mater	Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Occupations	Singer composer actress restaurateur
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Martin Da Costa ​(m. 2002)​
Children	2
Parents	Manas Mukherjee (father) Sonali Mukherjee (mother)
Relatives	Shaan (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Blues Filmi Pop Indipop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Polygram Sony Music Sony BMG BMG Music Universal Music Group Warner Music Group Virgin Records HMV
Musical artist

Sagarika Mukherjee, also known as Saag, is an Indian singer and actress. She sings mainly in Hindi, Assamese and Bengali language songs but has also sung in Tamil and Telugu languages. She is the daughter of singer and composer Manas Mukherjee and granddaughter of lyricist Jahar Mukherjee.

Before going solo, she was half of a popular Indian duo with her brother with whom she released albums such as Q-Funk, Roop Inka Mastana and Naujawan. Apart from singing and acting in movies and albums, she is also a restaurateur.

Early life

Sagarika Mukherjee was born in Guwahati, Assam, India, but originally belongs from Kolkata metrocity of West Bengal in a Bengali family. In 1973, she moved to Mumbai, Maharashtra (now in Mumbai) with her family. Her father died in 1986. Then, her mother became a singer and took charge of the entire family.

Career

Early singing

Sagarika made her debut as a child playback singer in the Bollywood film Shaayad in 1979 and in the Bengali film Agnishuddi in 1984. Later, she sang several Bollywood film songs.

In 1998, she released her first album Maa after going solo. Then in 2001, her second album Mere Liye was released along with her brother Shaan and co-singers Zubeen Garg and Suchitra Pillai and also was her first music composer of all songs in the album. Later in 2006, her third album It's All About Love was released by Universal Distribution. She collaborated with Pakistani band Strings on the song "Pal". It is featured in the band's fourth album Dhaani.

In 1998, Sagarika debuted in the Assamese Music Industry as an adult playback singer with her first Assamese Song in the film Joubone Amoni Kore. However, the film did not feature her song and it was only used as a bonus track in the original soundtrack for the film. A year later, the Assamese film Morom Nodir Gabhoru Gaat featured two songs sung by Sagarika, thus leading to her official debut in an Assamese film. Sagarika contributed to several Assamese albums and original soundtracks like Pansoi, Megha, Meghor Boron, Maharathi, Jon Jwole Kopalot, Bishforan, Garam Botaah, Aei Morom Tumar Babe, Nayak, Jonaki Mon etc.

Acting career

Along with singing, Sagarika acted her first Bengali-language film "Shyam Saheb" in 1986. Later, she acted few Bollywood and regional films as well as guest appearances in regional films such as Biyer Phool (1996), Prem Aru Prem (2002), Jonaki Mon (2002), two Assamese film and Inteqam: The Perfect Game (2004). She did not appear in any film in 2005 or 2006. Her only film in 2007 was Kalishankar (2007), a Bengali film (opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee). In the same year, she initially made a supporting role in the Bollywood film Life in a Metro, however, her scene was cut during the editing process.

Personal life

Sagarika Martin Da Costa married UK-Italian businessman, entrepreneur and event manager Martin Da Costa on 4 February 2002 and she currently lives in Rome, Italy since 2015. They have two sons, Joshua Da Costa and Michael Da Costa.

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Compilation albums

Other albums

Film songs

Non-film songs

Filmography

Music videos

As a composer

As a songwriter

Awards and nominations

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Following are the list of awards and nominations in different categories.

References

1. "It's special working with family", The Tribune India, 15 December 2018, retrieved 28 October 2021
2. "Sagarika & Shaan: Siblings On Song". The Times of India. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
3. Kanika Saini (22 October 2021), "When Shaan's Father Composed His Last Song For Kishore Kumar In Hospital", Lehren, retrieved 22 October 2021
4. Vijayakar, Rajiv (29 May 2012). "Death of the Bollywood Playback Singer : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
5. "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Interview : Attuned to the lines of destiny". The Hindu. 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
6. Archana Masih. "She's everything I want in a woman". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
7. Desk, Sentinel Digital (7 March 2021). "Northeast's Sensation Zubeen Garg: Early Life, Career, Awards & Controversies - Sentinelassam". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 2 October 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

• Sagarika at IMDb
• Sagarika on Facebook
• Sagarika on Instagram
• Straight Answers Times of India - 2 December 2003

• 20th-century Indian women singers
• 20th-century Indian singers
• 21st-century Indian women singers
• 21st-century Indian singers
• Living people
• Actresses from Assam
• Actresses from Kolkata
• Actresses from West Bengal
• Actresses in Hindi cinema
• Actresses in Bengali cinema
• Assamese playback singers
• Assamese-language singers
• Bengali actresses
• Bengali Hindus
• Bengali playback singers
• Bengali-language singers
• Bengali singers
• Bollywood playback singers
• Indian film actresses
• Indian folk-pop singers
• Indian women singer-songwriters
• Indian singer-songwriters
• Indian women pop singers
• Indian women playback singers
• People from Guwahati
• Musicians from Kolkata
• Performers of Hindu music
• Singers from Assam
• Singers from Guwahati
• Singers from Kolkata
• Singers from West Bengal
• Women musicians from West Bengal
• Jai Hind College alumni